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Monday, February 4, 2013

I'll Have You Know I Did Not Burn Down the House This Weekend.

How's that for a dramatic title? Alas, 'tis true. I cooked three times this weekend, and the kitchen was left unharmed and spotless. I'll openly admit that this sweet man I call a husband does all the cooking. (Well, I take that back. I can make a hearty vegetable soup.) He has been sick this weekend and getting a major ab work-out from coughing, so to avoid a lung in our cuisine, I tried to help out in the cooking department. One batch of dairy-free mac 'n' cheese, six black bean burger patties, and one week's worth of lunches later, I proudly type this free of cuts, burns, and cooking anxiety.

In other Good Wifely news, I also spent an hour scrubbing the shower. "You'll stay up 'til this place shines like the top of the Chrysler Building!" (Ten points if you can name that movie/musical.) Basically, I'm just tooting my own horn, because I need the pick-me-up after swimming in Business Law and Organizational Behavior theories.

I'm sorry blogging fell by the wayside last week. Can we talk about how time-consuming work and grad school are? (Nope. Not enough time! <-- Ha.) I knew school would take up a majority of my formerly free time, but I will make a concerted effort to better use the free time I still have. I've spent many a night on the couch watching Seinfeld reruns and DVR'ed shows as my consolation for working hard, but as nice as it's been, it is doing me no favors when it comes to my Gain list, unless I can gain eyeball muscles from watching TV. (That sounds both disgusting and ridiculous.) Hopefully, my weekend cooking extravaganza catapults me into a phase of productivity with my free time. I make no promises, but I'm hoping. ;)

In the hopes of starting your week off strong, I encourage you to toot your own horn about something awesome you did recently. Go ahead! I'm requesting you do it, so you don't have to feel arrogant.

Congratulations on all of the cooking and cleaning over the weekend! It's always nice to get that stuff out of the way.

Ammon and I aren't eating out for 45 days to save on money... we're over 2 weeks in and still haven't broken down! For me, that's a huge success, because it means I have come home from work and cooked dinner every night.

{rewind to this morning as I was sandwiched between Sloan and Mia in the bed, unable to access anything but my phone] ANNIE! It's ANNIE!

Also, yay for a super productive weekend! And I say toot away, especially for the shower scrubbing- it never looks as dirty as it feels once you start scrubbing, right?!?! I hate cleaning bathrooms.But yay for having delicious food ready-made, and I hope Mr. TBS is feeling better :(

In a Nutshell

Middle child. Working girl-mom of one. Married to my work crush that I swore I'd never date. My spirit animal is a mix of Sara Bareilles, Joanna Gaines, and a cat. A Ravenclaw married to a Gryffindor. Taking forever to finish my MBA, because #Parenting #Adulting #EducationReimbursement. I can go from feeling like a champ to a failure in parenting in three seconds flat, so basically, I'm nailing this first-time mom thing.
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